A member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2012,[1] he was the Minister of Culture in the Fourth Ponta Cabinet from 17 December 2014 to 17 November 2015[2] and has held the position again since 4 January 2017.
Ionuț Vulpescu graduated from the faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest.
The group was established in Iliescu's office for his close network of politicians and supporters, who lost power at a time of internal PSD divisions.
[4] In September 2012, Vulpescu was appointed by Prime Minister Victor Ponta as a member of the Board of the Romanian Cultural Institute.
He left that office 28 January 2013 after winning a Bucharest seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies at the 2012 legislative election.